Shirt sleeve cuff



1958 M. J. BERG 2,855,606

SHIRT SLEEVE CUFF Filed Jan. 7, 1955 i A 26 17 I I 7416 i,"

l -13 I, i F E j I r f N I 3 1/ E w l g m. .16). 1 E i (9E INVENTORMar/1'5 Jack Bar-9 ATTORNEY United States Patent 2,855,606 SHIRT SLEEVECUFF Morris Jack Berg, St. "Paul, Minn. Application January 7, 1955,Serial No. 4s0,s52

2 Claims. c1. 2-123 This invention relates to an improvement in shirtsleeves. More particularly the improvement concerns facilitating theshortening of shirt sleeves without changingthe length of'the cuff rollback openings.

The opening providedat the cuff of shirt sleeves is to afford a space orroom for turning back each cuff. It is usually necessary to make twoturns of the cuff to make it'stay rolled back. Therefore, a uniformlyspaced opening'must -be'maintainedto permit for the two turns. Inasmuchas ar'm "lengths vary relativeto standard 'shirt sizes it is, therefore,necessary to either cut the sleeve length off at the cuff 'end or at theshoulder end to shorten the sleeve length.

Preferablyin tailoring shirts the cuif'end is shortened. Thisnecessitates cuttingoif the cuff, removing the facings or placketcutting off th'esleeve to a proper length,

and then refinishing "the sleeve with anew facing or .plack'e't.Thismetho'd of shortening 'the sleeve length at the cuff istimeconsuming and costly. Therefore, the problem has been to make asavings in both thetailors time'and the consumers .cost for shorteningthe sleeve length.

Accordingly, it is an object of this improvement in the art to provideshirt sleeves from which thefacing at the sleeve openingis n'otremoved'to facilitate shortening the sleeve length.

Another object of"thisi'rnproven1ent in the art is'to providestaridar'd'shirt sleeve lengths with uniformly'prefabricated spacedopenings upon shortening the sleeve length and setting back the cuffs.

It is a particular feature of this improvement in the art to provideshirt sleeves with an extended prefabricated facing for maintaininguniform opening izes when the sleeve lengths are shortened by cuttingoff the sleeve and setting back the cuffs.

A further feature of this improvement in the art is to provide extendedshirt sleeve facings having one or more spaced threaded seams which,when the sleeves are shortened by setting back the' cuffs, are removedto maintain uniformly sized openings for rolling back the cuffs.

Further objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription of the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a sleeve portion provided with the extendedprefabricated facing embodied in this disclosure;

Figure 2 is a modification of Figure 1 wherein the sleeve has beenshortened without removing the facing;

Figure 3 is a modification of the facing of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a partial side plan view of the sleeve and facing of Figure3 with the sleeve turned inside out;

Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Figure 1;

Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 66 of Figure 1, and

Figure 7 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 77 of Figure 3.

12 is provided with a plurality of spaced transverse seams 14,15, 16 and17.

'In normal practice, in making up the sleeve opening (not shown ascovered by sleeve facing 12) a conven tional slit is usually cut in thesleeve end back to approximately the seam 14 and conventional facing orplacket portions sewn on. The'tailor then, to horten the sleeve mustremove the cuff and the facings, cut the sleeve back to the lengthrequired for the opening between the facings, and then replace thefacings as nearly exactly as possible as they were before.

With my improvement in the art the sleeves areslit back to approximatelyline 18. Then the facing portion 19 is sewn onto'one side 20 of the slitin the sleeve by doubling the facing and turning the edges 21 of thefacing under. The top facing portion 22 is folded and the edges 23 ofthefacing doubled under and sewn onto the opposite'side 24 of the slitin the sleeve. Seams 25 and 26 are indicated as'securing the facingportions 19 and 22 to the slit edges of the sleeve portions 25 and 24,respectively. Thus far the manner in which the facings 19 and 22 assewnonto the edges of the conventional opening slit in sleeve 10immediately above the cuff is conventional. However, I have departedfrom the conventional practice by extending the opening slit in thesleeve and extended the covering facings 19 and 22. The seam 26 is alsoextended upwardly overthe end section 27 of facing 12 and downwardly at26' to the seam line 14. Transverse seam lines of three or four tacks orstitches indicated by 14,15, '16and 17 are then sewn perpendicular toand over the seam Z6 through the facing 12 and through thefacing 19.This closes the sleeve opening above' the cuff 11 to a standard size.These tacks 14,15, 16- and'17-may be made, in some instances,without'the seam portion-26'.

When-the shirt is sold and the sleeve length must be shortenedby=removing the cuff andcutting off a required stantially the same sizeas was originally present in the shirt sleeve. When extending theopening for example, to seam 17 the facing 19 or 22 may be set out togive the seam the same effective width. That is, to maintain thecircumference of the opening of the sleeve.

As illustrated in Figure 2, the sleeve 10 of Figure 1 has been shortenedby removal of the cuff 11, cutting off the necessary extra sleeve andfacing length, sewing the cuff 11 back onto the sleeve 10, and removingthe seams 14 and 15 together with that portion of the seam 26' below theseam 16. By providing each of the shirt sleeves with these extendedfacings and extensible openings the principal time consuming portion ofretailoring the facings has been eliminated and still the shirt isprovided wtih properly sized openings for turning back the cuffs.

As illustrated in Figure 6, the ends of the facing 19 and 22 withoverlapping end portion 27 are secured together, with the end 28 of thegoods of shirt sleeve 10, by sewing the parts together in the manner ashereinafter described.

The end 28 is the sleeve goods portion immediately above the openingslit provided for rolling up the cuff. Upon the end 28 is placed thefolded facing 19 and one side of the fold of-facing 22. A seam 29 isthen sewn through these overlapping pieces. The body of sleeve is thenfolded back upon itself and the top side of facing 22, consisting ofupper portions 13 and 27, doubled over upon the seam 29 and seam 26,ending in seam 26, is sewn about the edge of facings 22 and 19, asheretofore described.

As illustrated in Figures 3, 4 and 7, an extensible cuif roll opening isprovided in the facings of sleeve 10. In this instance the cut in thesleeve end provides an extensible opening 30. The cut edges of thesleeve portions 31 and 32 of the sleeve 10 are provided with facings 33and 34, respectively, and these facings are sewn together at thetransverse seam lines 35, 36, 37 and 38. To afiord a finished appearancethe overlapping side 32 has its edge turned under and the reinforcing orfacing 34 secured thereto by seams 41 and 42, whereas the facing 33 isfolded over the cut edge of the sleeve portion 31 and the facing edges43 and 44 folded under and secured by seam 40. The seams 42 and 40extend upwardly above the seam 38 at the end of the cut. The seams 35,36, 42 and 3S cross over the seams 37 and 40 and are sewn at spacedintervals of one-half inch to allow for extending the opening 30 whenthe sleeve 10 is shortened. The seams 35, 36, 37 and 38 may becontinuous and connected if desired. The threads are seams crossed oroversewn to prevent unravelling as each section may be opened up orunthreaded to maintain the desired opening when the sleeve is shortened.In Figure 4 the stitchings are shown as made on the inside of the sleeveto keep them hidden from view.

As indicated above, the cross stitchings which may be taken out toprovide for keeping the cufl. opening of the required size may be spacedat any desired distance of, for example, one-eighth inch, one-quarterinch, one-half inch or one inch or longer. is too great, the tailor mayadd some cross stitches if found desirable.

In accordance with the patent statutes, I have described the principlesof construction and operation of my shirt Otherwise, if the spacingsleeve improvement, and while I have endeavored to set forth the bestembodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that obvious changesmay be made within the scope of the following claims without departingfrom the spirit of my invention.

I claim:

1. A shirt sleeve and culf provided with an opening of preferred sizehaving facings on the edges of the sleeve opening, said opening beingprovided for rolling back the cuff and said preferred size of openingbeing adapted to be maintained without removing the facings when saidsleeve is shortened, said shirt sleeve including, in combination, asleeve portion, a cuif on said sleeve portion, said sleeve portionhaving an elongated slit of a length greater than the preferred size ofsaid opening, facings sewn to the edges of said slit along the lengththereof, a removable finishing seam extending parallel to said slit froma locus substantially adjacent that end of said slit remote from saidcuff to a locus spaced from said culf which determines said preferredsize of opening, and a series of spaced parallel rows of removablestitches extending substantially parallel to that edge of the cufijoined to the sleeve, the row of stitches nearest the cuff extendingtransversely from said second locus and the remaining rows being in aspaced relation between said loci, whereby when the sleeve length isshortened, a selected number of said rows of stitches may be removedtogether with a sufficient portion of said finishing seam to maintainsaid preferred size of opening.

2. A shirt sleeve and cuff having an opening of preferred size and whichsleeve is adapted to be shortened without removal of the facings orchanging the relative size of the opening, said opening being formed bya slit extending from the cuff for a distance of substantially more thantwo cuff rolls, facings sewn to the edges of said slit substantiallyalong the entire length of the sides thereof, and a removable cross seamsewing said facings together at a point intermediate the ends of saidslit and about the distance of two cufi rolls from the said cuff,whereby when the sleeve length is shortened and the finished seam isremoved, the facings will maintain said preferred size opening and afinished appearance without said facings having been removed andreplaced along the edges of the slit.

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